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Netflix Says David Fincher Is Why ‘Mindhunter’ Never Got Season 3, Contradicting the Director’s Account

There have even been fan petitions circulating to convince Netflix to bring it back. Maybe those fan petitions should have been directed at Fincher instead.

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Mike Leigh Says ‘Tender Loving Care’ Is “Almost Certainly” His Final Film: “I’m Now Somewhat Handicapped”

He explains that even if another film were approved, “it wouldn’t get made for two years,” leaving him uncertain about “what state I’ll be in at 85, if I’m still here.”

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Inde Navarrette Auditioned for ‘Heat 2,’ But Sources Say She Was Never Offered the Role

A person with knowledge of the situation suspects Navarrette’s reps may have helped leak the “Heat 2” narrative to Page Six: she was never offered the role in the first place.

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Sacha Baron Cohen’s ‘Ali G’ Faces “Racist” Backlash as UK Cinema Chain Has “No Plans” to Screen Film

Picturehouse Cinemas, a UK cinema chain, have confirmed they will not screen “Ali G: Who Iz I?” In October — a decision that comes amid a campaign accusing the character of racist stereotypes.

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Todd Field-Written ‘The Girls’ Sets Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic to Direct, November Shoot

Cinephiles another Todd Field movie, and although we might have to wait for his next directorial effort, “The Girls” will have to suffice for now.

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August 19, 2019
3-Hour ‘Midsommar' Director's Cut Screened in NYC
August 19, 2019

This year’s 12th edition of the Scary Movies festival at Film at Lincoln Center premiered Ari Aster’s extended version of “Midsommar” this past Saturday.

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Flashback: ‘Melancholia’ Was Supposed to Win the Palme d’Or in 2011 …

August 15, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

It turns out that the only reason why the jury decided to switch it from von Trier to Malick was due to the infamous “Melancholia” press conference where von Trier made some rather dicey comments

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Rachel Zegler Bashes 1937’s ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’ as “Weird”

August 15, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

When it was greenlit a year ago, Disney's live-action remake of “Snow White” had a problem, after some backlash, the inclusive studio did not want to use “dwarfs” in the the live action remake due to it being politically incorrect.

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Pedro Almodóvar Wants to Direct An Action Film in Paris

August 15, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Almodóvar has been giving interviews these last few days for French outlets, in a few of them he’s been implying that he’d love to shoot a film in French set in Paris.

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‘Maestro’ Trailer …

August 15, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Here’s the wonderful trailer for Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro,” which is set to premiere at Venice next month. Visually, the film looks beautifully rendered.

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Oscars — Best Director, For Now, is Martin Scorsese vs Christopher Nolan

August 15, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

It’s been a weird year at the movies. There’s a writers and actors strike. ‘Barbenheimer’ is saving the box-office. We’re also still not entirely sure what will break out this fall.

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‘Barbie’ Banned in Algeria for “Corrupting Morals”

August 15, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

The culture ministry asked cinemas to withdraw “Barbie” immediately. According to Reuters, the film promoted homosexuality and did not comply with Algeria's religious and cultural beliefs.

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New Image for David Fincher’s ‘The Killer’

August 15, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

As it stands, the film will only be screening at Venice (unless NYFF announces today as part of its premiere section).

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A24’s ‘Dream Scenario’ Gets November 10th Release Date

August 15, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Two weeks ago, TIFF announced the world premiere of “Dream Scenario,” starring Nicolas Cage as a schlubby professor who becomes an overnight celebrity after appearing in everyone's dream.

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Mike Leigh’s New Film Wraps Production in London

August 14, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Leigh, who is 80, started shooting this mysterious new film in May and, I’m being told, production has since wrapped.

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‘The Blind Side’ Was A Lie?

August 14, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Michael Oher has filed a lawsuit alleging he wasn’t adopted, but tricked into a conservatorship that gave “parents” Sean & Leigh Anne Tuohy total control over his assets.

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SAG Will No Longer Approve Indie Projects for Production

August 14, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Already, 207 “independent” films had been given the greenlight to continue to film during the strike — those specific productions will not be affected by this latest decision.

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‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ Runtime is 2 Hours 45 Minutes

August 14, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Is it just me or are movies getting longer these days? It seems to be an unwritten rule, for many moviegoers, that a film should be anywhere between 90 to 120 minutes.

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Charlie Kaufman Says Movies That Make Money Are “Garbage”

August 14, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Kaufman didn’t mince words when tackling the current Hollywood studio system and the lack of art in today’s movies. In fact, he believes that any movie that makes a ton of money at the box-office is probably sh*t.

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IndieWire’s Eccentric Best Films of the ‘80s List

August 14, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

It’s ‘80s week over at IndieWire and to mark the event, they’ve posted their own top 100 of the decade. This is based on the lists submitted from their staff, around 20 of them. Here’s the top 10:

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‘Sound of Freedom’ Director Calls QAnon Labels “Heartbreaking,” But Wants to Make A Sequel

August 14, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

I don’t know the full backstory when it comes to the media smears behind “Sound of Freedom” — what exactly is its connection to conspiracy theorist QAnon? What does it have to do with the movie?

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Disney Developing ‘Prince Charming’ Movie With “Bumbling Idiot” Lead Character

August 14, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

The movie is told from Prince Charming's point of view, but he's being described as a “bumbling idiot”. Meanwhile, Snow White is the real true “fearless leader” of the story. Keep it up, Disney.

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More Images of Miyazaki’s ‘The Boy and the Heron’ [Updated]

August 14, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

And here are the first images —finally — of Hayao Miyazaki’s “The Boy and the Heron.” The promotional booklet was released today in Japan, these images were taken by Catsuka.

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Terrence Malick is Working on A Longer Cut of ‘To the Wonder’

August 13, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Around the time of The Way of the Wind‘s production, two “rather reliable sources” told TFS that Terrence Malick had been editing a longer cut of 2012’s “To the Wonder,” much like he did with the extended versions for “Tree of Life” and “The New World.”

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Richard Brody: ‘Barbie’ is the Best Movie to Ever Cross the Billion-Dollar Mark

August 13, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Brody’s latest hot take is not his worst, but it’s far from being one of his best. He’s a big fan of Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and believes it is the best movie to have ever crossed the billion dollar worldwide mark at the box-office:

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Lars Von Trier: “With Any Luck, I Should Still Have A Few Decent Movies Left in Me”

August 13, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Last August, Von Trier announced that he’d been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at the age of 66. It was shattering news. He’s one of the great filmmakers of the last 30 or so years, definitely one of the most influential.

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Fritz Lang’s ‘M’ Tops the Best Films of the 1930s, According to 100+ Critics

We’ve gone through the decades. The ‘40s ‘50s, ‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s, ‘2000s, and ‘2010s. — all revisited, argued over. Now, here are the results for the best films of the 1930s.

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Critics Poll: ‘Citizen Kane' Named Best Film of the 1940s

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Critics Poll: ‘Vertigo’ Named Best Film of the 1950s, Over 120 Participants

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Critics Poll: Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Tops Our 1960s Critics Poll

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